Prenatal gene therapy: Can the technical hurdles be overcome?

Molecular Medicine Today

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 152-156

  Senut, Marie Claude ^a   Gage, Fred H ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033121139     PISSN: 13574310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-4310(99)01441-0     Document Type: Note

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